BC'S FILM INDUSTRY GENERATED $3.4 BILLION FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY LAST YEAR
Hollywood
North centred in and around Vancouver continues to boom, according to the latest statistics released by Creative BC. The 2017-18 fiscal year saw over 450 productions generate $3.4 billion for the BC economy – up from $2.6 billion in 2016-17 – supporting the employment of over 60,000 workers.
“GUYS, WE DID IT!”: RECAPPING A NIGHT OF EXUBERANCE AND CHANGE AT THE JESSIE RICHARDSON THEATRE AWARDS
The 2018 Jessies were a celebration of the changing landscape of Vancouver theatre.
First, there was the change in location of the ceremony itself, then there’s the change in scale. There has also been an expansion in what we see on our stages; diversity and inclusion were the evening’s recurring themes.
NEW GRANVILLE ISLAND THEATRE DISTRICT TO BOOST PERFORMANCE AT
THREE VENUES
Boca del Lupo, Carousel Theatre for Young People, and CMHC Granville Island have announced the launch of a new Granville Island Theatre District. The initiative is aimed at boosting arts programming at Performance Works, Festival House, and the Waterfront
Theatre.
VALERIE SING TURNER TAKES ACTION FOR MEANINGFUL
CHANGE
A theatre artist who performs, writes, directs, and produces, Sing Turner founded her own company, Visceral Visions, 15 years ago to champion work by Indigenous, culturally diverse, and female Canadian artists. Recently, Visceral Visions received funding to launch DiverseTheatreBC, a database of Indigenous and culturally diverse
theatre artists.
VANCOUVER NETWORK PROPOSES KITSILANO'S HOLLYWOOD THEATRE BECOME A
DOCUMENTARY-DEDICATED VENUE
While the campaign to save the Rio Theatre on East Broadway nears its deadlines, a campaign to resurrect another movie theatre on Broadway—but on the West Side—is underway.
MORE PRODUCTIONS POPPING UP IN PARKSVILLE QUALICUM
BEACH
Two years ago, film crews descended upon Parksville Qualicum Beach to begin filming for a Hallmark Channel TV show, Chesapeake Shores. Since then, the TV show has become one of the Hallmark Channel’s “most-watched original series.”
LONG MEETING BUT LITTLE HOPE AS INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS RAISE REPRESENTATION ISSUES WITH ROBERT
LEPAGE
Indigenous activists who met with Robert Lepage say the Quebec theatre director did little to address concerns about the lack of Indigenous input in his upcoming play about Canada's settler history.
FILM AND TV TAX CREDIT BATTLE HEATS UP ACROSS U.S.
As New
Jersey revives an $85 million per year program and California reups $330 million in annual incentives, "the devil is in the details" on the best deal for producers — and it's still a global fight.
21 TRANSGENDER STARS, CREATORS SOUND OFF ON HOLLYWOOD: "I WANT TO PORTRAY THESE CHARACTERS, AND I'M READY"
Transgender actors, directors and writers break down Scarlett Johansson's casting (and un-casting) in a trans male role, audition horror stories, the perils of being "too passable" and the progress that is
still needed behind the scenes and onscreen.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
POWELL STREET FESTIVAL
August
4-5
PSF is an annual celebration of Japanese Canadian arts and culture. In addition to PSF, we engage in co-presentations with arts organizations and produce an annual season of cultural and artistic programming.
More than 70 films from 15 countries are featured at this 30th anniversary Festival, along with 11 visiting filmmakers, 27 local directors and numerous local performing artists, in addition to parties and talkback sessions.
The festival
features a young company of 38 emerging theatre artists who will direct, design, stage manage, tech, produce, and perform in three hot contemporary Canadian plays: Selfie by Christine Quintana, Tiny Replicas by Dave Deveau, and Theory by Norman Yeung.
